Overview

• On August 4, AIUDF legislators led by Rafiqul Islam met IGP Akhilesh Singh to submit a memorandum demanding urgent action against recent identity-based assaults on Miya community members in Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat.
• In a letter to DGP H. Singh, the party warned that self-styled vigilante groups have been forcibly entering houses, defaming residents as foreigners and pressuring landlords to evict Bengali-speaking Muslim tenants.
• A video highlighted in the AIUDF representation shows a Jatiya Sangrami Sena leader threatening a Miya person with 24-hour eviction from Upper Assam.
• Since June 16, state eviction operations have cleared forest land and displaced more than 5,300 Bengali-speaking Muslim families, who allege selective enforcement and lack of due process.
• AIUDF has demanded strict investigations and clear directives to district police to curb unlawful harassment and secure the rights of affected families.